Simple, mid-19th century single-nave church dating from 1850. It is situated on a mound and surrounded by a churchyard, built of yellow Frisian stone; the whole is closed on three sides, is covered by a saddle roof covered with blue tiles and crowned by a turret of a more recent date (19th century) with a constricted spire with tower cock that is equipped with coupled sound holes with dividing columns. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Dutch Reformed Church, national monument because of the single-manual organ, made in 1865 by W. Hardorff in Leeuwarden.
Reformed church and churchyard, consisting of a simple nave from 1663 at a large, partly 12th century tower, made of tuff stone at the bottom, higher up of brick; under the slates the spire also consists of brick. Above the entrance of the church on the south side memorial stone from 1663. In the church pulpit, rear bulkhead and sounding board, baptismal fence; behind the pulpit late 18th century marble tomb for UA Rengers and family. Bell tower with the sound of two bells by P. Overney, 1682 and 1683, diameters respectively: 81 cm. and 96 cm.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Ludgerus was built in 1882-1883 to a design by WVA Tepe (1840-1920) in a design language based on the Lower Rhine Gothic style. The Neo-Gothic three-aisled basilica is made of dark red brick in cross bond on a dark red transom window and is covered by a mesh roof with anthracite-coloured slates. The outsides of the gutter fascias are covered with scale-shaped slates.
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